State vs State vs Mate

Hi Verity, it's a pretty interesting day politically when the Councillors are all saying it's the State pushing the project (eg. Dep Mayor Gates) and you are saying it's vice versa.

I think everyone knows the mayor has exerted enormous pressure within Council which seems to be resulting in an anti-democratic outcome - every time.

Councillors right now are saying they have just voted to 'see' who the State picks - which clearly, is NOT what the Premier was seeking.

Councillors do not seemed equipped for research

The problem is, our Councillors do not seem equipped to conduct the work and research necessary to understand the reports, are under serious pressure from their learned leader and have been presented with some pretty diluted, agenda-driven papers from GCCC bureaucracy.

Naturally we would be urging the State to announce none of the projects are good enough and to can the whole process once and for all.

I would also encourage the State to use the Commonwealth Games as the initiator for hotels projects on the land SOUTH of SeaWorld Resort on the western Spit - if you keep them within the Versace style (3 storey) and within keeping of the marine precinct, these could be built pre-games and would stimulate the economy here, meet accommodation requirements for the games, and provide jobs.

And you will not get community opposition if you take out the environmentally damaging and economically destructive CST. It's pretty simple - why not move forward with this and stop wasting so much time and energy on Mayor Tate's last-minute pre-election fantasies?